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It is crucial the capacity built under the 250-plus methodology CDM is used rather than starting from scratch for the mechanism under UN Paris Agreement Article 6.4, experts told an event on Monday, stressing the need for pragmatism given the time pressures and complexity of the task ahead.

As our leaders feign shock at its severity, the weather continues to undermine even best management practice on the land

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As the rainfall started in northern New South Wales last week, I received a survey from the NSW Farmers Association about the big issues in agriculture.

It asked me to rate the issues in agriculture, which it listed as biosecurity, road and rail infrastructure, workforce, land use pressures and farm productivity, all of which are big. But there was not a mention of the biggest issue of all: extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change.

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Exclusive: 66% of people back nonviolent action and 75% support solar power being installed on farmland

A large majority of the UK public supports nonviolent direct action to protect the environment, according to an opinion poll. People also strongly backed solar power on farmland and opposed fracking.

The poll indicates the unpopularity of a recent swathe of government policies, with more than twice as many people saying they trusted Labour to protect the environment as said they trusted the Conservatives.

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The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will include Scope 3 emissions in its forthcoming climate standard, recommending mandatory reporting of emissions associated with companies value chains, a controversial requirement that may not survive the US version.

Two Just Stop Oil protesters have smeared cake on a Madame Tussauds waxwork of King Charles, quoting the monarch: 'In the words of the King, the science is clear.' They went on to say: 'The demand is simple, just stop new oil and gas, it's a piece of cake. The stunt was part of a series of protests organised by the environmental activist group

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Strong compliance demand for carbon credits and increased Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) issuance are likely to mute the potential market disruptions that could follow in the wake of the ongoing Chubb Review, according to analysis released Tuesday.

EUAs clawed back some of their early losses on Monday morning after a firm auction, but the market firmly entrenched in its recent range as traders await signals that would trigger a breakout while energy prices continued to weaken amid healthy gas supplies and above-average temperatures.

Up to 60% of country in designated drought zone, as jet stream heats up parts of Europe

The US drought monitor declared 60% of the country to be in a designated drought zone last Thursday, with 34% in a severe or deepening drought. Although such conditions are not unusual in the US, with approximately 14% of the country having experienced severe to extreme drought every year since 1895, the extent of the current situation certainly is.

Western states and parts of the Great Plains are experiencing the most severe droughts in the country. Some central states including Minnesota and Iowa have recorded less than 25mm of rain in the past month, compared with an average of 70-100mm in September.

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Thermal power generation in China continued to rise in September amid increased coal output, while total generation growth saw a minor decline from a year ago, government data showed Monday.

Industry associations for sectors from oil to agriculture in the US and Europe found resisting wildlife-friendly laws, say researchers

Industry groups representing some of the world’s largest companies are “opposed to almost all major biodiversity-relevant policies” and are lobbying to block them, according to a new report.

Researchers found that 89% of engagement by leading industry associations in Europe and the US is designed to delay, dilute and block progress on tackling the biodiversity crisis, which scientists say is as serious as the climate emergency. Just 5% of support was positive and the remaining 6% was mixed or neutral, according to the climate thinktank InfluenceMap.

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Allowing autumn leaves in parks and gardens to decompose boosts insect and soil health, says Eindhoven council

A municipality in the Netherlands has declared fallen autumn leaves to be worth their weight in gold – ecologically speaking.

Eindhoven, in North Brabant, is encouraging its citizens to abandon blowers and rakes and to let fallen leaves in gardens or parks lie.

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Groups say cancellations could restrict debate as host country tightens security for opening days

Civil society organisations and governments may have to cancel events at the UN climate summit in November as the Egyptian hosts have tightened security for the opening days.

Cop27 will open on Sunday 6 November in Sharm el-Sheikh, and on the Monday and Tuesday world leaders are due to descend on the conference centre for talks to direct their negotiating teams.

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An Australian fintech firm on Monday launched a blockchain-based trading platform for tokenised Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) that makes it possible for individuals and small firms to trade the government-issued offset units.

Residents in one of the poorest slums of the Philippines – a country among the world’s biggest contributors to plastic pollution – earn money by picking through waste and selling what they find to the area’s recycling shops

• Words and photographs by James Whitlow Delano

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The NZ EPA is looking for someone to initially help with its market governance work with the Ministry for the Environment. The candidate will also work closely with our Finance, Legal and Regulatory Service teams developing business cases and budget bids for a variety of projects.

Campaigners say the popular single-use vapes are an environmental nightmare.

The flood levee in the Victorian town of Echuca couldn't protect every home in town. Jemima Lewis and James Hayes are among the unlucky ones on the 'wet' side of the dirt wall. But Lewis – AKA DJ Jemima – has helped lift the spirits of her neighbours by spitting some tunes for the street, half of which is under water. 

DJ Jemima's husband Hayes posted on the community page for everyone to come down. 'She’s a weapon,' he says. 'She does some pretty good gigs actually. She was at [music festival] Groovin the Moo, now she’s at the floods.'

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The world’s solar panels rely on technology pioneered in Australia. Now our researchers are working on ultra-low-cost, high efficiency solar cells. Renate Egan, Professor, UNSW Lead, Australian Centre of Advanced Photovoltaics, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Destruction of forests slowed in 2021 but not enough to meet 2030 commitment made by 145 countries

The destruction of global forests slowed in 2021 but the vital climate goal of ending deforestation by 2030 will still be missed without urgent action, according to an assessment.

The area razed in 2021 fell by 6.3% after progress in some countries, notably Indonesia. But almost 7m hectares were lost and the destruction of the most carbon- and biodiversity-rich tropical rainforests fell by only 3%. The CO2 emissions resulting from the lost trees were equivalent to the emissions of the entire European Union plus Japan.

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Greens say Australia won't meet its commitment to Global Methane Pledge by reducing "cow burps,” but by halting new coal and gas development.

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